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LAMP WIQK. No. 247,150. Patented Sept. 20,1881.

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EDWIN R. BEACH, 0F JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

LAMP-WICK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,150, datedSeptember 20, 1881.

Application filed J'uly 27, 1881.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN R. BEACH, of Jersey City, Hudson county, NewJersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lamp-Wicks,of which the following is a specication.

My improvement aims to increase the supply of oil to the llame; and itrelates to that class of devices which employ a secondary wickadditional or auxiliary to the name-wick to bear against thelatter andconvey a greater capillary Vfeed of oil thereto.

Several devices of this class have been .heretofore presented; but inmost cases the burner is specially formed with some additionalconstruction or attachment to receive the additional wicks. In one casean endless wicktravelingoverrollersandpressingagainst the llame-wick asthe same is moved by the wick-adjuster has been employed. In anothercase an auxiliary wick is attached to the burner or to the llame-wick atthe base ofthe wick-tube and on either side of the flamewick., In all ofthese cases, however, the constructions are comparatively complex, andburners of special forms are required or double or triple wicks areused.

My improvement is distinct, in that it lies entirely in a single wickitself, and is adapted for direct use in any ordinary burner, and is atthe same time very simple, inexpensive, and efficient, and thus marks amaterial improvement in this line.

My invention may therefore be briefly stated to consist in constructing`the wick in the form of a loop or slip-noose, with the traveling orflame end passing through a knot or slot in the opposite or stationaryend, which knot lies at the base of the wick-tube, while the loop ornoose hangs in the oil, as hereinafter fully set forth.

Figure l of the annexed drawings presents an elevation of my improvedform of wick as it appears in the lamp, which is shown in section; andFig. 2 presents a plan view ot' my preferred form of wick spread outlengthwise.

The wick may be made of any of the usual or suitable fabrics, eitherfrom felt or from a woven cotton web, preferably the latter.

Referring now to Figs. l and 2, the wick is formed. in about the usualmanner from the (No model.)

flame end throughout its main length, being made, however, much longerthan ordinary Wicks or more than twice the usual length; and at the endopposite to the llame end the wick is formed with a slot, clasp, or anyother device which will admit of passing the llame end of thewicktherethroughin the manner of a slip-noose, as shown in Fig. 1. When thewick is thus doubled or looped upon itself, as seen in Fig. l, thelameend being drawn through the slotted end for a short distance,theprojecting portion thus drawn out is then passed through the wick-tube,while the knotted or slotted-end at the opposite extremity of the wickrests against the base ofthe wicktube, and the loop or noose hangs inthe oil, as shown in Fig. 1. Hence two branches of Wick, a. b, supplythe tlame,and the flamebranch a is free to be moved through the slot orknot of the auxiliary supply-branch b as the wick elevators or ratchetsdraw on the same to raise the wick as it becomes burned away or as theadjustments of the dame require, while the entire looped wick is ofcourse free to descend in the oil when depressed by the ratchets in theusual manner.

It will hence be seen that this construction is peculiarly simple andeicient, for the wick is complete in itself and is adapted for directuse in any ordinary burner, while it insures nearly double the supply-ofoil to the flame, rendering the same more bright and steady, andpreventing to a great extent the sudden decrease in its brilliancy dueto the regular descent of the oil. of the improved wick is nothing, oralmost nothing, more than that of the common wick, thus presenting anobvious improvement.

In case of a woven cotton wick, I prefer to form the slot c in the actof weaving and arrange it transversely, as shown in Fig. 2; but it maybe arranged longitudinally, as indicated in dotted lines. In case ot' afelt wick, the slot may be cut therein, and preferably in a longitudinaldirection.

My improved wick is, of course, equally ,adapted for stoves as for lampsor other' similar purposes.

What l claim isf l. Alamp-wick havingone extremity forme with a slot,loop, or slip-knot, with the other At the same time the costv IOC orflame extremity pas/sed through the same, Wick, suios'tantiaily as andfor the prpose set whereby the entire Wick forms asimple single forth.

slip-moose, substantially as and for the purpose EDWIN R BE AGH setforth. 5 2. As a. new article of manufacture, a. Wick Witnesses:

or wicking formed with a. slot or loop at one GHAS. M. HIGGINS,

end, adapted to admit the opposite end of the JNO. E. GAVIN.

